Author Note:
My apologies for not updating this sooner. I had pretty much hit the equivalent of a brick wall and I only recently managed to climb my way past it. With any luck, I should be able to get back into the thick of things with a bit more regularly scheduled updates.
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The Storm Master 567: To be honest, I'm one of those types that prefers to let the story itself tell you where a person stands in strength. However, to give you an idea, keep in mind that Kanshin killed a Disaster Class Dangerbeast easily and without injury. In the cannon story, Tatsumi barely managed to defeat Apeman, which was also a Disaster Class DangerBeast, even with Incursio's help, on his own.
Kill the First Impressions
Kanshin woke up at around dawn. He had decided to make camp inside a cave last night. It was closeby a massive lake that had quite a bit of wide open plain that, after a few meters, was surrounded by forest. As he was chewing on some bread for his morning breakfast, he noticed that a crow was staring at him within close proximity. It wasn't really doing anything in particular, just staring.
"It's probably just hungry. Meh, I'm not all that hungry this morning anyway."
Kanshin decided to go ahead and toss a small chunk of the bread close by. The crow immediately went to the bread and began to nibble away at it.
With that dealt with, Kuramoto decided to get moving and heads to the Capital. Once the gates were within his sights, he got a very ominous feeling. Thanks to the years he had spent training with his Teigu's abilities, he picked up the ability to be able to read emotions, both from a person to person level and from a general mood perspective.
"...I haven't even entered the Capital yet and I can already feel that the place radiates negative emotions. It must be far worse than any story or tale that's been told if it's this bad..."
Once he had gotten inside the Capital itself, the original feeling he got was much worse. Whatever positive impressions Kanshin might have had with the Capital's exterior beauty was almost immediately destroyed. It was though the entire Capital was radiating overwhelming negativity. Despite being to all kinds of different places during the past three years he had spent traveling, no place he had experienced was as bad as this.
"No wonder so many people say that the Capital is a rotten place. If I can feel how horrible it is just by walking around, I don't even want to think about how bad the situation must be."
As he was walking around, many people were giving him looks of suspicion and skepticism. No doubt that they could tell that Kanshin was an outsider and if even a handful of the stories regarding the Capital were true that's he has heard of within the last few years were true, he wasn't expecting a warm welcome. Regardless, he continued onward to his destination, ignoring the looks.
While he doubts that they have noticed yet, but Kanshin quickly found out that he was being followed. He had noticed a cloaked figure, just on the edge of his peripheral vision and thanks to his empathetic abilities, he managed to pinpoint the person and zero in on the person's position and pieced together that they have been on his tail for quite some time. He was out in the open and he didn't feel like making himself into a target just yet, so he stayed quiet, pretending to be oblivious to that fact.
After about a half hour of exploring, he managed to find one of the places that he was looking for. It was an army recruitment center.
"I don't think they will have the information I want within that place specifically, but it will be worth checking out since they probably will know where to find it." Kanshin thought to himself.
He stepped forward to enter the building and it was at this point that the mysterious figure that's been tailing Kanshin finally decided to step in.
"Listen, I wouldn't join the army if I was you. If you understood the true nature of this place, you wouldn't be found within a mile of it." A female voice had spoken.
"Give me one reason as to why I should so much as give the time of day to the person that's been tailing me ever since I've arrived here." Kanshin replied with hostility.
The cloaked person simply chuckled.
"My. My. Aren't we feeling hostile today? But I suppose your reaction is not surprising given the state of things. I'll tell you what you need to know, but first, how about we discuss this over some drinks?"
"You haven't given me a reason as to why I should trust you." Kanshin replied.
The cloaked person simply sighed, seeing that the person before her wasn't exactly the cooperative type and unfortunately, she didn't have any leverage on him to make use of. So, she instead pulled the hood off her head., revealing her appearance to Kanshin. She had pale skin, long auburn hair with butterfly headphones resting on her head and red eyes.
"My name is Chelsea. What is yours?" Chelsea introduced herself.
"It's Kanshin." Kanshin cautiously answered.
"So...now that we know each other. Would you be interested in a drink? I can explain everything, but we need a secure place to talk." Chelsea added.
"Very well, I'll come along...for now." Kanshin said after giving it some thought, deciding to give Chelsea the benefit of the doubt.
The two of them were talking together in silence for about five minutes. They eventually managed to reach a bar that was a bit off the main roads. The place itself was fairly quiet and not too many people were around. But the place still had plenty of customers. The two of them took a seat to around a corner of the bar. Shortly afterwards, a waitress came by.
"What can I get you two?"
"I'll take a smoothie." Chelsea spoke up. "Oh, and be sure to grab something good for the traveler here. He's been on the road for quite some time."
"It must be obvious that I've been on the road if a stranger could so easily figure that out." Kanshin said.
"Between the backpack you've been carrying and you wondering all over the Capital for about a half hour, yes it's pretty obvious." Chelsea commented. "By the way, did you make it to the Capital on foot perchance?"
"For the most part yes. Traveling by carriage or horseback is fairly expensive and I typically don't stay in one place for too long." Kanshin replied.
The waitress came by with the drinks in question. Chelsea was enjoying hers. Kanshin took a sip of his and almost immediately choked. It was alcoholic and fairly strong at that.
"Not a very big fan of alcohol I take it?" Chelsea said, amused by Kanshin's reaction.
"Obviously not. I never understood what exactly is supposed to be so great about it." Kanshin replied, trying to get the taste out of his mouth.
"It's one way to help folks relax and forget about their troubles." Chelsea answered. "It is something that should be common sense unless of course, you don't drink because you aren't old enough to." Chelsea joked around.
"First, I am 20 so yes, I can drink alcohol without any problems. Two, I have had alcohol in the past and I still didn't like it."
"Anyways, you've got your drink. What business do you have bringing me here?" Kanshin asked, trying to move the conversation forward.
Chelsea's expression turned serious as she began to explain away.
"I'll get straight to the point. The Empire is rotten to the core, to the extent of which you have no idea."
Kanshin just simply sighed at the statement Chelsea made.
"You're not the first person that has told me that nor will you be the last. I'm familiar with the horror stories of the Capital. Please don't tell me that that's the reason why you dragged me here."
"Is that so?" Chelsea replied. "You could have fooled me, considering that you were on your way to sign up for the army."
"Tell me, Chelsea." Kanshin countered. "At what point did I say that I was joining the army?"
Chelsea stopped for a second. It took a moment for her to realize that he had not once said that he was looking to join. That was a conclusion that she had drawn on her own.
"If you really aren't joining, then why were you heading to the recruitment office?" Chelsea asked, now curious as to what business he had with the army.
"My reasons are my own." Kanshin said in a dismissive manner.
"Oh, come now, there's no need to play hard to get. You can tell me~." Cheslea said in a suggestive tone.
"Tell you what." Kanshin answered back. "I'll tell you what business I have with the Imperial Army as soon as you tell me as to whose side you are on."
"Side?" Chelsea repeated. "You have quite the imagination. W-"
"You really must take me for a fool, Chelsea." Kanshin interrupted, his eyes narrowing. "I may not be the smartest guy around, but I am not oblivious to my surroundings or circumstances. You don't carry the typical apathetic attitude that the average citizen does from what little I have seen so far. Not to mention, you've been making a considerable effort to try and pry information out of me. Based off that, there's really only one conclusion that can be drawn. You are working for either the Empire or the Revolutionary Army. So, I'll ask again. Whose side are you on?"
Chelsea began to sweat as she realized that Kanshin was very suspicious of her. And based on his earlier remarks, there's a very good chance that he might become hostile judging from his previous actions.
"Shit! He is onto me. I don't want to blow my cover, but at the same time, I'm quite certain that he's a capable warrior and he might be a valuable addition to the Revolutionary Army. What do I do!?"
"That's what I thought." Kanshin said, taking Chelsea's silence as her answer. "If you don't want me prying into your business, then stay out of mine."
"Okay. Then can you at least give me a hint as to why you decided to come all this way to the Capital?" Chelsea asked, desperately trying to get something. "Because if you are aware of the corruption like you say you are, it seems to be a complete waste of time to be here from what I'm seeing."
"*Sigh*. I have the feeling that she will not drop the subject until I give an answer. And I'd rather not have a possibly spy on my tail if it can be helped. Otherwise, I will have the attention of one side or the another and that's something I'd rather not have to deal with for now."
"Fine. Since it seems you will not leave me alone until you have an answer and it will be a pain to have a stalker after me. So, I will tell you this much: My interest in the Imperial Army is for unconventional reasons."
"Unconventional reasons?" Chelsea repeated.
"If you want to know anything more than that, you will have to actually prove that you can be trusted." Kanshin added before Chelsea could press further.
"I suppose I can't really argue with that reasoning." Chelsea resigned, thinking that it wasn't smart to pry any further. "You seem to be considerably untrusting of others, way more so than what most would expect from someone would resides outside the Capital."
"If the past several years that I have been alive have taught me anything, it's to trust nobody until they give you a reason to do so."
"Well, if you really have that mentality ingrained into you, then I don't have to worry about you dying on me anytime soon at least." Chelsea replied.
Chelsea got up from her seat, having finished her drink.
"Thank you for entertaining my words. Good luck in whatever plans you have and do watch your back."
"I will." Kanshin replied.
Having nothing else to say, Chelsea had decided to leave Kanshin to his own devices.
"I'll need to report this to my superiors. I don't know just how much of a fighter he is, but if he managed to make it all the way to the Capital on foot, he's probably a capable fighter. He might make a good addition to the Revolutionary Army." Chelsea thought.
Meanwhile, Kanshin's mind wondering over the information that he had gotten about Chelsea.
"Based on what I could tell, it didn't seem like she was trying to deceive me as far as my empathetic abilities goes. Judging from how she was constantly bringing up the corruption of the Empire, while it is still possible she may be working for the Empire, it's more likely she's a part of the Revolutionary Army. I'll need to keep an eye on her. I may not trust either side and I'll sure as hell will fight tooth and nail to avoid picking a side, there's a good chance I may be forced to make a decision later down the road."
After Kanshin finished up his business with Chelsea, he headed back to where he came and was now, once more, in front of the recruiting office. He took another look around to make sure that he wasn't being tailed this time around. After a minute of searching, he figured that he was in the clear and went inside. The place itself looked like it was decently busy. No doubt filled with several people who did want to join the ranks in the hopes of improving their lives, regardless of how vain the hope was. Kanshin stepped towards the closest available recruiter.
"Greetings." Kanshin greeted.
"Yes. Yes. If you want to join the army, then just fill out this application here." The recruiter said, handing him a sheet of paper, not even bothering to look at Kanshin.
"Actually, that's not why I am here."
The recruiter now looked at Kanshin, a bit surprised by his words.
"I'm in search of a relative of mine that's in the Imperial Army. I've last heard of them being assigned to a colonel's unit and I haven't heard from them ever since. I want to be able to find them, to see if they are still alive." Kanshin explained, deceiving the recruiter.
"Oh...I see." The recruiter said. "I doubt I will be able to help you out with that. But there's an administrative office that's closer to the palace that's in charge with delivering and archiving written orders for all, except to those who answer directly to the Emperor themselves."
"Can you show where the administrative office is?"
"Yeah, it's right here." The recruiter said, giving him a map and placing some markers on it. One which indicated where they were in relation to the Capital and the other where the administrative office was at.
"Thanks."
With his business complete, he left the recruitment office with the map in tow. Once he got outside the building, Kanshin started to feel ill from the emotions that permeated the air.
"I've only even been inside the Capital not even two hours and I'm already feeling pretty nauseous. I'll grab some supplies for tonight and head back to the camp that I made. I can head to the Administrative Office tonight to grab what I am looking for."
Feeling that staying within the Capital for too long was going to lead to problems, he exited the Capital for the time being. He made his way back to the camp site he had set up with his newfound materials. It was mainly food and some tools to help maintain his weapons and to build a safe place to rest, away from the prying eyes of the Empire. While he began to think about where and how he wanted to build his new home, he had spotted the crow that he had fed this morning. This time, he was back with some friends.
"More of them have shown up…wait a minute. I think I may have an idea. I'll need to double check, but if crows are as smart as I remember to be, then I can use this to my advantage."
Later that night...
Kanshin made his way towards the Administrative Office. The lack of lights suggested that the place looked like it was closed for the evening which was perfect. After doing some rooftop jumping, he had managed to find a back entrance to the building. Of course, as expected, the door was locked.
"It's a good thing that I have a way to get in."
Kanshin took a moment to relax himself and channel some of the negative emotions that was in the air into him. After a few more moments of concentrating, he focused said energy into his body and he walked to the door and went right through it. Once he was through, he let go of his concentration and started to breathe heavily.
"Sheez, even with borrowing energy from outside sources, that still takes quite a bit to do. I may to incorporate using that technique into my training regime."
After pulling himself together, he wasted no more time and began to search the area for the documents he was hoping to find. It took around twenty minutes of searching, but Kanshin found what he was looking for. The entire list of people that Colonel Torio had with her when she had attacked his home five years ago. Unfortunately, he only had names to go off and he had no idea as to who was still alive or not, but he could find a means of figuring that out later.
"Perfect. I got what I came for. Now, let's get out of here."
With that, he quickly left the building from the back entrance that he came from and quickly made his way back onto the rooftops.
A few days later…
Night Raid. A name that strikes fear into many citizens of the Captial. A group of assassins that's been gaining an increasing notoriety within the Capital. They are infamous for their specific targeting of high profile people and their tendency to strike at night without warning.
Four of their members were currently eating lunch, discussing their next plan of attack. Two of them can be recognized as they have wanted posters nearly everywhere in the Capital. Najenda, the leader of Night Raid and Akame, the group's best assassin. The two other members that were unknown to the rest of the Capital that were present were Leone who the group's hand to hand fighter and Tatsumi, their newest member.
"Our targets are Gamal, an oil merchant and Ogre, Captain of the Imperial Guard." Leone began to brief. According to our client, Gamel has been paying a large number of bribes to Ogre. Each time Gamal commits a crime, Ogre creates a fabrication and frames someone else for it. The client's husband was framed and executed as a result of them doing business." She then pulled out a bag of money on the table. "The client has paid in full."
"That's…. quite a bit." Tatsumi said, surprised by the amount of money the bag held.
"I caught the scent of venereal disease." Leone stated, her grip on her arms tightening. "She likely sold her body many times to get this amount."
"Have you confirmed the client's claims?" Najenda asked.
"I've overheard them discussing a bribe within an attic. They are guilty." Leone replied.
"Very well. Then Night Raid accepts the contract. We won't need such abhorrent garbage in our new nation. We shall deliver divine punishment." Najenda announced.
"Gamal should be easy to take out, but Ogre is a different story." Leone brought forth. "Ogre is also known as 'The Demon' due to his skills with a sword. Most of the criminals inside the Capital fear him. He is frequently seen with his group of lackeys or otherwise is in the guard barracks. When he does take the bribes from Gamal, it's within Gamal's private quarters. During his off time, he rarely strays far from garrison and is usually drinking near main street. All of the locations which are near the palace itself."
"It sounds like the only shot we have is during his days off." Tatsumi deduced.
"Correct." Najenda agreed. "However, due to the tight security around the areas surrounding the palace, it will extremely risky to send Akame on this particular job."
"Can't we wait for Mine and the others to return?" Akame suggested.
"We have no idea as to when they will return from their job." Leone pointed out.
"In that case..." Tatsumi said, slamming down his hand on the table. "We'll have to take care of this one ourselves!"
"Oh? Are you saying that you will take on Ogre yourself?" Najenda said with a mix of amusement and surprise by Tatsumi's comment.
"Umm…." Tatsumi started.
"That's exactly what I heard." Leone said, putting her arm around Tatsumi. "There's no taking it back now. I hope you are ready to take responsibility for those words."
"Of course, I am." Tatsumi finally replied, shaking Leone off. "I've got this, I'll deal with Ogre."
"You are not ready to able to deal with someone like Ogre as you are." Akame said, surprising Tatsumi. "As you are now, your arrogance will get you killed."
"Even so, while we are sitting around discussing this, there's the possibility that more people are within their sights to accuse." Tatsumi replied. "There's no way I can stand around and do nothing while there are others who may become victims. I don't…. want anyone else to lose their loved ones by a meaningless death."
All three of them had gone quiet from Tatsumi's little speech. They could understand how he felt due to losing his friends in a similarly harsh manner. But they were also surprised by his resolve and that he still wanted to go through with this despite the risks involved.
"Your resolve is admirable, Tatsumi. Very well, unless there are any further objections, Leone and Akame will deal with Gamal while Tatsumi will handle Ogre." Najenda spoke.
Taking their silence as acceptance, Najenda decided to conclude the discussion.
"Alright. I'd recommend that the three of you at least get a nap before you head out tonight." Najenda finished.
Unknown to the entirety of Night Raid, someone else had some business with one of their targets tonight.
Kanshin had been scouting out the area ever since nightfall had hit, taking occasional breaks to keep himself from getting sick like he did a few days ago. To keep his identity a mystery, he decided to ditch his usual garments for and padded black trench coat that came with a hood as well as black boots. To make sure that his facial features were hidden he also kept his lower face covered by a black cloth.
"I will figure out where he is at eventually. If my sources are reliable, he usually spends his free time drinking so I should be able to see him soon enough."
After a little bit more searching, he had finally found who he was looking for.
"Found you, Ogre. Now all I need to do is grab your attention." Kanshin thought as he stepped down from the rooftops.
"Nothing like a good drink to conclude an interrogation where I can let loose!" Ogre shouted out into the night.
As Ogre was happily making his way back towards his home for a well-earned rest, he felt killing intent. He turned to the direction of where the killing intent was coming from to find that a cloaked person was glaring at him. Ogre took a quick glance around and saw that nobody else had noticed the killing intent. It was targeted very specifically at him. Ogre decided to approach the person, who in response began to make his way towards an alleyway.
Tatsumi, who had garbed himself in a white hooded cloak, was observing Ogre and was waiting to make his move. To say that he was surprised when he saw Ogre was heading to one on his own.
"What the.? Did he see something? I should follow him to see what's going on." Tatsumi thought to himself, making his way to the rooftops.
Ogre had entered the alleyway. He turned to find the person that was glaring back at him. He was alone and seemingly, was unarmed. The only thing that Ogre could distinguish of the person out was the pair of blue eyes that was glaring back at him.
"Oh? That's quite the glare that you have." Ogre spoke up. "Let me guess, you must be a part of Night Raid."
"No. I'm here for revenge." Kanshin announced. "Five years ago, you and the rest of the ragtag gang of 'soldiers' came and massacred my home. I've come to repay you for your 'hospitality'."
"Five years ago?" Ogre repeated. "…. Oh! I now remember. So, you're a survivor from that town. Kinda hard to believe that someone actually managed to live from that."
"If that's the case…."
"Then this is perfect! What a night! Two troublesome pests to interrogate in one night? This is perfect. I'll drag you off to the torture chambers and with this, I'll be accepted back into the General Torio's ranks!" Ogre eagerly replied, pulling out his sword.
With that, Ogre wasted no time in charging at Kanshin. He hadn't bothered to make a single movement towards Ogre. Ogre was about to make an overhead swing at Kanshin when he was blown back by an unknown force. Once Ogre got back up, the entire environment around him had changed. The alleyway was replaced by simply an endless dark purple void.
"What the hell?" Ogre said, his face filled with shock.
"Did you think that you could destroy so many lives and just simply walk away from the consequences?" Kanshin asked, his eyes glowing and now matching the color of the void he created.
"I don't know what the hell you just did, but I'm ending it now." Ogre declared, composing himself.
Before he could get into another stance. Something had grabbed onto his arm. The moment it did, Ogre had screamed out in pain instantly dropping his weapon. His mouth was soon covered and all of his limbs were held into place. Each place that was being grabbed onto was fueled by the same searing pain as the first. Ogre looked down and was horrified by what he saw. He saw what looked like to be human bodies, but the only thing that could be seen of them was their muscle, everything else, from their skin to their eyeballs, was removed from them.
"You have may forgotten the names and faces of the people you slaughtered. But they have not forgotten you. They will tear you asunder until their wrath is completely satiated." Kanshin decreed.
The things began to pull and began to drag him into the abyss, his pain amplifying as his body began to sink.
Tatsumi had no idea what was going on. One moment, Ogre looked to be about ready to attack the person. The next, an ominous aura comes out of the mysterious person and Ogre stops in his tracks, dropping his weapon. Ogre hadn't so much as moved since. Then, after about 30 seconds had passed, Ogre just simply dropped to the ground in complete silence.
"What the hell did he do!?" Tatsumi wondered in fear.
"Excellent. All I have to do is wait for the guards to come and find him. While I'd prefer to take my time to repay all of the targets with the same pain that they brought, I doubt I'll get that luxury for all of them, so I'll take advantage of the ones that I can while the opportunity is present. Now to deal with the bystander." Kanshin thought, checking to make sure that Ogre would stay down. He then directed his attention towards the person that he felt was observing him.
"Come out of hiding. I know you are there." Kanshin called out.
Tatsumi had flinched knowing that he had been spotted. Tatsumi was honestly terrified, the very idea that he could outright incapacitate a person without even so much as touching them did not sit well with him. Not to mention, the horrendous aura that he had emitted made him seriously want to run as far away from him as possible. However, the aura that he had a moment ago was gone and there wasn't any killing intent coming from him. So, Tatsumi collected himself and decided to reveal himself.
"Judging by how you were observing Ogre and I the whole time, I think it's safe to assume that you planned on killing him, correct?" Kanshin said as Tatsumi revealed himself.
Tatsumi simply nodded in confirmation.
"Well, there's no point to it now. Captain Ogre is currently trapped in an endless cycle of torture with only death being the means of escaping it. To kill as of now would simply be a mercy, something which the both of us can agree is something he does not deserve." Kanshin explained.
"Besides, Ogre is my kill. And I say he will not die until he is broken to a point where he will be on his hand and knees begging for death." Kanshin ominously declared.
Tatsumi nodded rapidly to show that he understood. After seeing what he did to Ogre, he did not want to go risk antagonizing him.
"Well, Ogre is no longer a problem. Do watch your back in this city." Kanshin said as he turned to leave the area.
"Wait!" Tatsumi called out to him. "Just who are you?" He asked, trying his luck to get a name.
"Courtesy dictates that you introduce yourself before asking someone their name." Kanshin replied.
"My name is Tatsumi." Tatsumi answered.
"Well, Tatsumi, here's some advice. Don't be so quick in giving away your name like that, especially if you don't have a disguise on. You'll be much more easily discovered by the Empire that way." Kanshin replied.
Tatsumi's eyes widen as he realized his mistake.
"But since you asked, to answer your question. I suppose if you want to call be something, call me….Aome." Kanshin answered.
"Aome?" Tatsumi repeated. "As in the color of his eyes?"
Kanshin simply nodded.
"Farewell, Tatsumi." Kanshin said. He then jumped to the rooftops and made his way towards the cover of night.
Tatusmi, seeing that the person responsible for taking down Ogre was gone and that Ogre was still there, muttering incoherent nonsense, he decided to leave as well. He had to report what he had just learned.
It took some time, but eventually he managed to get back to the base of Night Raid. Every member, both known and unknown were now present. They were all eager to here as to how Tatsumi's first mission as their new member.
"So, Tatsumi, how did your first mission go?" Najenda asked once Tatsumi arrived.
"Ogre...has been taken care of." Tatsumi said.
"What do you mean?" Najenda asked, noticing the hesitation in Tatsumi's answer.
"Someone else managed to get to him first. Ogre tried to attack him but before he could get a strike in, Ogre was blown back. Once he got back up, he just dropped his weapon and collapsed shortly afterwards." Tatsumi began to explain.
"The mysterious man then called out to me, figuring out that I was watching. Afterwards he explained that he was completely trapped in a cycle of torture and to kill him at that point would be a mercy. Considering that he managed to incapacitate him without so much as touching him, I figured it would not be wise to try and kill Ogre at that stage."
"Interesting….Ogre won't be an issue if that's true, plus the sorry state he's left in will send a much stronger message than if he was dead. Still, that kind of situation sounds familiar..." Najenda thought.
"Can you tell anything about this person who attacked Ogre?" Najenda asked.
"Not much." Tatsumi said. "He called himself Aome. He was completely cloaked in a black hooded trench coat with black cloth covering most of his face. The only thing that I could see that could identify him was his blue eyes."
"I see..." Najenda said, processing everything she heard.
"But there was something strange about him..." Tatsumi went on.
Najenda gave Tatsumi a look that says: 'Go on'.
"His eyes changed to a dark purple, almost black color just before Ogre was blown back. Then, I felt cold when I was observing. Not cold in the sense of me freezing, but like as though all joy and happiness had disappeared and only sadness and despair was left…." Tatsumi said, now shaking from remembering that feeling. "It felt like I was re experiencing Sayo and Ieyasu's deaths."
Najenda stood there for a moment, taking in the information that Tatsumi had given her.
"Placing someone in a psychological prison, feeling like positive emotions vanish….I know I have heard of that somewhere..."
"…!"
Najenda's cigar that she had in her mouth dropped immediately as she finally remembered where she had heard of those effects before.
"This...could be a problem." Najenda muttered, a mix of both surprise and worry breaking through her usually calm demeanor.
The others, seeing their boss's typical demeanor being broken were both now afraid themselves as well as curious as to what it is that unnerve her so much.
"What's wrong, Boss? Did you figure something out?" Leone asked.
"Tatsumi…you just came across the wielder of one of the most dangerous Teigu that's been ever created." Najenda stated.
"Teigu?" Tatsumi repeated, confused.
"They are powerful weapons forged by the First Emperor. There were 48 of them that were created in total, with about half of them lost as a result of the Civil War that occurred about 500 years ago." Bulat explained.
"But considering what we are going to have to eventually face, it's quite the bold claim to say what Tatsumi encountered would be one of the most dangerous." Bulat continued, expecting an answer.
"I'm looking through the known Teigus now." Lubbock said as he was flipping through a book that had all of the known Teigus within it. "There's Demon God's Manifestation: Demon's Extract, Gaia's Wrath: Terraform and Thunder God's Rage: Adramelech. All three of which are in current possession of the Three Teigu Generals and all of which we know little of." Lubbockk began to list off list of as he went through them.
"Wait a second, there's one more that is listed here." Lubbock added, seeing that he missed the last page of the book.
He read the page, then he dropped the book, his eyes also showing fear as he had realized what Teigu Najenda was referring to.
"You can't be serious. This is the Teigu wielder we have to deal with!?" Lubbock shouted in his head.
The rest of the group was now severely worried as Lubbock gave an identical response as Najenda did. What kind of Teigu could cause both of them to freeze up like that? His curiosity getting the better of him, Tatsumi picked up the book Lubbock had dropped and read the page that he was on.
The page itself did not have any photos or anything that describes what the Teigu looks like. There were only two things that the page had. A name and a very small description of the Teigu.
"Wraith's Avatar: Uratamashi." Tatsumi read out.
And that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed and I shall see you guys on the next chapter.
